Friends! The ITU is hiring! We're looking for a tech-savvy person who can help us develop the games program and the Center for Digital Play research profile: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me!
It even has a free game version ,thatβs missing the divination guide, which took me ages to write as in the end I needed two sets of endnotes. Typical.
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I know the world is kinda ending again, but i put this out: ondrejtrhon.itch.io/milennial-ta...
Iβm quite proud of this multi-year project! Itβs as much a #tarot deck as a weird literary work (the guide "explaining" memestocks, hauntology, NGE etc.).
I may make raytheon expansion later.
Char and Martin are:
a)some of the best people you will ever meet, and
b) great game makers.
So there's at least two reasons for you to go get the demo of their game. If you need another one:
c) it's a very, very good deckbuilder.
Consider familiarizing yourself with the early warning system to quickly ascertain when and where the venga bus is coming
This interview comes from Gamer Handbook which I scanned last year! Be sure to check it out, I was quite chuffed to come across it
archive.org/details/Game...
Stoked to have you here!
New bio update postdoc at ITU Copenhagen on theorycraft and archaeogaming
Bio update
The last day of the ABIDE KickStarter! Don't miss out on this most unorthodox of videogames. Support here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/637...
RS for #dkgame
I wish I came up with a cooler answer but at least everyone else did
CH Ludens the Podast is here! ποΈπΎ In this premiere episode, hosts @eugenpfister.bsky.social & @pachuki.bsky.social present our project.
THE FIRST 3 YEARS PROJECT
Inspired by first3yearsproject.com
In my class on games as cultural industries, 60 students created a white paper on the first years as a games worker. Good practices, production processes, and labour issues.
Please share!
tinyurl.com/first3yearstcm
STOP MOTION HORROR GAME FROM THE JUDERO CREATORS!!!
From "Luca", the first Japanese indie short film by Nina (who had previously directed music videos for Ado, Yaosobi, Olivia Rodrigo...).
Full 12-min film >> www.catsuka.com/news/2026-02...
New video is live! "How Well Can I Paint Ethel Cain in the Oldest Art Program (MacPaint)?" youtu.be/895cnrsKWvs
for now it might be useful to know that I'll be hiring a postdoc to work on computational methods to detect online misogyny. If this is something you find interesting: let's have chat.
Second news of the day. As part of a stellar group led by @gboccia.bsky.social our FemVision project was funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social in the context of the "CL2-2025-01-DEMOCRACY-05 - Countering and preventing radicalisation, extremism, hate speech and polarisation" call. More will come but
Screenshot from the opening of Story of Thor, drawn by Ayano Koshiro and based on a sketch by Hitoshi Ariga.
In the early 90s, the increase in cartridge size allowed Ayano Koshiro to give full rein to her artistic talent. This chapter discusses Actraiser 2, Story of Thor, GΓΆtzendiener, Terranigma, Lunar Game Gear and Sister Sonic.
vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro5/
Dispo en VF :
vgdensetsu.net/ayanokoshiro...
i have been looking to antifascist art from the post-WWII era for perspective. recently i learned about a great queer Czech artist, Toyen, who did antiwar work and also delved into bodies and roles. as in our era, you can't question the machinery of the world around you without questioning gender.
Stop waiting on the Vengabus that is coming, and start focusing on the Vengabus that is already here.
there's a vr port of the ms-dos version of ultima 4 and it goes hard as fuck sidequestvr.com/app/8127/ank...
In case you missed it: my full, free, open course on accessibility and visualization is out!
NEW VIDEO: In 1974 Barbra Streisand started dating her hairdresser. 25 years later Will Smith fights a giant mechanical spider. There's also a videogame. Here's the full story:
youtu.be/tQS1GXzy7Dc
low res first person view of a piano
conversation with people with one saying "Game Over Babe!" another panel saying "After too many letdowns," and a man saying "You are fired!" and a guy saying "where's my taco shop!?" and a final panel with text saying "Fed up with U corp-like power, Clark enlisted in R.A.B.I.T.: Rebels Against Big Tech"
low res black and white image of a pinball table
isometric view of a guy fighting a green monster in a dungeon
My latest indie game roundup featuring experimental tabletop and video games, and just other games that I thought were cool
virtualmoose.org/2026/02/06/i...
Ooooh got my first DiGRA full paper accepted β spearheaded by @dooleymurphy.bsky.social. See you in Maynooth!
A screencap of the cover issue of our zine for this month, with its pink-palette PC-98 artwork of a 90s desktop PC on a busy looking desk with draws and pencils and a mouse and mousemat, converted to Mega Drive's resolution/palette.
A new issue of our digi-zine, Between the Scanlines, is now out!
This issue: features on Jerry Lawson, 2000AD games on microcomputer, and the early days of id!
betweenthescanlines.itch.io/issue-thirty...
As much as we can spare from sales will be donated to the Black History Foundation.
Trust Me, I Nailed It: FREE turn-based strategy game where you edit video clips to make a screwed up warrior into a monster-slaying legend. Edit, stitch, and fake your way to epic battle videos. Make every fight look like a glorious win store.steampowered.com/app/4311000/...
An exquisitely round Moogle by a fireplace which has been airbrushed with the outline of a red heart.
This week in The Bathysphere I have a piece on "Moogles as a Designable Surface," in which I consider the Moogle Paint feature in Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles as an example of a cosy ritual and mechanic:
buttondown.com/Bathysphere/...
